Processed meat intake is unfavorably and fish intake favorably associated with semen quality indicators among men attending a fertility clinic

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1091-1098

  Afeiche, Myriam C ^a   Gaskins, Audrey J ^a   Williams, Paige L ^a   Toth, Thomas L ^a   Wright, Diane L ^a   Tanrikut, Cigdem ^b   Hauser, Russ ^a   Chavarro, Jorge E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; INDICATOR; IRON; MANGANESE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FAT INTAKE; FISH MEAT; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RED MEAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN VOLUME; SMOKING; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FISHES; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEAT PRODUCTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHELLFISH; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84904671759     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.190173     Document Type: Article

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